Oxford epidemiologist says COVID herd immunity threshold may be 'much lower' than earlier estimates
"Exposure to other coronaviruses 'could have played a role' - epidemiologist Sunetra Guptaargues"
"A University of Oxford epidemiologist is arguing that the COVID-19 herd immunity threshold may be "much lower" than earlier estimates, which if correct could mean the pandemic may be closer to ending than many experts now assert."
"The herd immunity threshold is a number signifying the percentage of a population that needs to contract a disease before it dies out or greatly recedes from its peak infection levels."
""In an ideal situation," she said, "you would protect the vulnerable as best you can, let people go about their business, allow herd immunity to build up, make sure the economy doesn’t crash, make sure the arts are preserved, and make sure qualities of kindness and tolerance remain in place.""
"Yet "we live, it seems, in this state of terror," she said."
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